Our Story

Our more than 85-year heritage gives us distinct perspective on the needs of patients and caregivers. We lead today by putting those insights to work to deliver new, better healthcare solutions and access to care in the communities where we live and work.

Nurturing a culture of innovation is critical to delivering on our mission to save and sustain lives. We partner with the healthcare community to continually find more efficient, smarter ways to help solve the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.

Breadcrumb

​James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D.

James R. Gavin, III, M.D., Ph.D. has served as a director of Baxter since 2003.

Dr. Gavin is chief executive officer and chief medical officer of Healing Our Village, Inc., a corporation that specialises in targeted advocacy, training, education, disease management, and outreach for health care professionals and minority communities. He previously served as executive vice president for clinical affairs at Healing Our Village from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Gavin is also clinical professor of medicine and senior advisor of health affairs at Emory University, a position he has held since 2005, and clinical professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, a position he has held since 2008. From 2002 to 2005, Dr. Gavin was president of the Morehouse School of Medicine and from 1991 to 2002, he was senior science officer at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a non-profit medical research organization. He previously served as a director of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Baxalta (before it was acquired by Shire in June 2016).

Are you sure you want to exit the site?

You are about to leave www.baxterhealthcare.co.uk and go to a non-Baxter UK website. Baxter is not responsible for the privacy policy, the content or the accuracy of any website accessed through a link on Baxterhealthcare.co.uk. A link to other websites does not constitute an endorsement by Baxter of the linked site, its products or services. Regulatory restrictions and medical practices may vary from one country to another and, as a result, the information given in the site to which you are going may not be relevant to the country in which you are living.